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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Bachcha Munsi
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| birth_place = Velapukari, Maidandighi, Boda, [[Jalpaiguri District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 10 October 1987
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| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
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| office4 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term4 = 1977–1987
| constituency4 = [[Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chopra]]
| native_name = বাচ্চা মুন্সি
| native_name_lang = bn
| death_place = [[Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur|Chopra]], [[West Dinajpur district|Paschim Dinajpur]]
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| preceded4 = Office created
| succeeded4 = [[Mohammad Mahamuddin]]
| occupation = Politician <br />Revolutionary <br />Communist Leader
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'''Bachcha Munsi''' (died 10 October 1987) was an Indian communist politician who belonged to [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India Marxist]]. He was a farmer leader of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|Kisan Sabha]] and an influential figure in the [[Tebhaga movement]] in the Dinajpur district of undivided Bengal.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hashmi |first=Taj Ul-islam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veyoDwAAQBAJ&dq=%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BE+%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE+%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%80&pg=PA242 |title=Pakistan As A Peasant Utopia: The Communalization Of Class Politics In East Bengal, 1920-1947 |date=2019-07-11 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-000-31037-5 |language=en}}</ref> He was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in [[1977 West Bengal state assembly election|1977]] and [[1982 West Bengal state assembly election|1982]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=🗳️ Moha Bachcha Munsi, Chopra Assembly Elections 1977 LIVE Results {{!}} Election Dates, Exit Polls, Leading Candidates & Parties {{!}} Latest News, Articles & Statistics {{!}} LatestLY.com |url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/1977/chopra/moha-bachcha-munsi/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1982 |url=https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |journal= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127214606/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf | archive-date=2013-01-27}}</ref>

==Freedom struggle and Tebhaga movement==
His real name was Majitullah. Born in a poor peasant family, he later became involved in many groundbreaking movements. In 1939, in resistance to high interest rates on farm laborers in Dinajpur, present-day Bangladesh, he jumped into the militant movement with sharecroppers against moneylenders. He broke the stockpiles of landlords Debnath Saha and Triloikya Saha and distributed food among the afflicted people during the famine of 1942. [[M.A. Rasul|Abdullah Rasul]] named him Bachcha Munsi to avoid the surveillance of the British, this is the name by which he is best known.
In 1946, against the tyranny and oppression of the landlords and the Britishers the historic resistance of Tebhaga took place at Nilphamari in Rangpur district under the leadership of Bachcha Munsi and Narayan Barman. His ally Narayan Barman was martyred by the bullet of the zamindars. And as there was a death warrant in his name in East Pakistan, he fled to Chopra's Daspara. The [[Communist Party of India|Communist Party]]'s first public meeting in [[Islampur subdivision|Islampur area]] was held on 19 November 1956 at Dhanirhat, Chopra, where the red flag was hoisted for the first time and one of the initiators was Bachha Munsi. Then he continued to be involved in the [[Food Movement of 1959]] like other famous activities.
Bachcha Munshi was twice elected to the Chopra Assembly in 1977 and 1982. He died on 10 October 1987.

==Electoral history==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!Election Year
!Constituency
!won/lost
!Votes Secured
!%
|-
|[[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Chopra Assembly constituency]]
|won
|16188
|42.37
|-
|[[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|won
|37279
|51.98
|}

==Legacy==
The school, ''Bachcha Munshi Smriti Balika Vidyalay'' in [[Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur]], is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bachcha Munshi Smriti Balika Vidyalaya - Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur - Reviews, Fee Structure, Admission Form, Address, Contact, Rating - Directory |url=https://directory.edugorilla.com/school/bachcha-munshi-smriti-balika-vidyalaya-chopra-uttar-dinajpur-fee-structure-syllabus-address-admission-form-contact-number/ |access-date=9 March 2022 |website=EduGorilla Listings |language=en-US |archive-date=26 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126134811/https://directory.edugorilla.com/school/bachcha-munshi-smriti-balika-vidyalaya-chopra-uttar-dinajpur-fee-structure-syllabus-address-admission-form-contact-number/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The office of CPIM's Chopra Area Committee-1, the district office of SFI-DYFI at Raiganj Super Market and the district office of CPIM South Dinajpur at Balurghat are named Bachcha Munshi Bhavan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CPIM Chopra Party Office, Bachcha Munsi Bhavan · 9885+9HF, Chopra, Bhagabati, West Bengal 733207, India |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/9885%2B9HF+CPIM+Chopra+Party+Office,+Bachcha+Munsi+Bhavan,+Chopra,+Bhagabati,+West+Bengal+733207/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x39e4f9d1f6ddc2d1:0x3a3ae18d64497345?entry=gps&g_ep=CAESBzExLjI1LjMYACD___________8BKgA%3D |access-date=5 July 2022 |website=CPIM Chopra Party Office, Bachcha Munsi Bhavan · 9885+9HF, Chopra, Bhagabati, West Bengal 733207, India |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Uttar Dinajpur district]]

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